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Sherman's army plays base-ball in SC

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
Location South Carolina
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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The Madison State Journal, Feb. 28, 1865 prints a letter from a soldier in the 22nd WI, dated Feb. 1, 1865, Robertsville, SC, which claims: "For the first time in an month, large numbers of men are engaged in the sports of school-boy days--the running leap, the wrestle and the base ball."

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The Madison State Journal, Feb. 28, 1865

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